British Airways apologises after 380,000 customers hit in cyber attack

FREEPRESS – British Airways (BA) was forced to apologise on Friday after the credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen over a two-week period in the worst ever attack on its website and app.

BA Chairman and Chief Executive Alex Cruz said in London the airline discovered on Sept. 5 that bookings made between Aug. 21 and Sept. 5 had been infiltrated in a “very sophisticated, malicious criminal” attack.

Cruz said the airline immediately contacted customers when the extent of the breach became clear.

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